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President David Granger responded to critics of his petty offenses pardon on Friday with an undertaking to pardon more young prisoners of petty crimes. He gave that undertaking as he addressed a rally to bring a close to the celebrations to commemorate Education month, which was observed in September. The President said despite the complaints from […]
The Guyana Trades Union Congress (GTUC) on Friday offered its support for the 10% to 50% salary increase for Government Ministers and Members of Parliaments, but the governing trade union body expressed concern about the process that was in place for the increase. Speaking to members of the media, GTUC General Secretary, Lincoln Lewis, said there […]
The British Government will be supporting major infrastructure and development works in Guyana under a new fund that will also lend assistance to seven other Caribbean states. That US$550 Million fund will represent the largest foreign aid that any government will be pushing in this part of the world and it will come under the Caribbean […]
British High Commissioner to Guyana, Greg Quinn has joined his United States counterpart, Perry Holloway in calling on Venezuela to respect the 1899 Arbitral Award that settled the border it shares with Guyana. Speaking to journalists in Georgetown on Thursday, Quinn also defended his right and that of other diplomats to urge respect for the […]
President David Granger made a quick one day trip to neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday to meet the new Trinidadian Prime Minister, Dr. Keith Rowley. The two leaders along with their Foreign Ministers met at the Prime Minister’s Port-of-Spain office for bilateral discussions. They also discussed several matters of interest to both CARICOM states. […]
More than a decade after being appointed as acting Chief Justice of Guyana, Ian Chang will be up for retirement in February 2016 and the government has commenced the hunt for a new High Court Judge to be appointed to the position. However the administration is unwilling at this point to release names. Attorney General […]
The Opposition People’s Progressive Party called a Wednesday morning press conference to criticize the government for increasing the salaries for Vice Presidents and Senior Ministers. However, the party did not offer an opinion on the 50% increase for the Opposition Leader and the 19% increases that junior government ministers and all other Members of Parliament […]
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wants the United States to stay out of the border controversy that Guyana has with Venezuela. Mr. Maduro’s statement comes in response to Monday’s statement from the U.S Ambassador to Guyana that both countries should respect the 1899 Arbitration Tribunal ruling which settled the border controversy. Mr. Maduro has been quoted […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A former president of the United Nations General Assembly turned the world body into a “platform for profit” by accepting over $1 million in bribes and a trip to New Orleans from a billionaire Chinese real estate mogul and other businesspeople to pave the way for lucrative investments, a prosecutor charged […]
The government’s Chief Spokesman, Minister of State Joe Harmon on Tuesday stood his ground to defend salary increases that were offered to government ministers and Members of Parliament. Harmon told the media that he was not prepared to offer any apologies for the salary increases since it is his fervent belief that it can be […]
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